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NMU Hockey Series Snapshot: St. Cloud is not a state

January 4, 2013 - Matt Wellens

MARQUETTE — Welcome to 2013 and the return of the NMU Hockey Series Snapshot, where after a 20 days off, the Northern Michigan Hockey team returns to the ice tonight and tomorrow to face the St. Cloud State Huskies in St. Cloud, Minn.

Now I know what you’re asking yourself right. How can NMU play the state of St. Cloud, in a city in the state of Minnesota?

So if you do the math, St. Cloud State University got 75 percent of its name right, which would be a C. Since Cs mean degrees, SCSU passes. Good job St. Cloud (is not a) State!

On the ice, the Huskies are having much better than a C season as they sit atop the WCHA to start 2013. Much of SCSU’s success has to do with the 16 goals and 18 assists scored by its top line of fifth-year senior Drew LeBlanc and freshmen Kalle Kossila and Jonny Brodzinski.

NMU plays its next 10 games all on Olympic sized rinks like the Berry Events Center, SCSU’s National Hockey and Events Center and Alaska’s Carlson Center. It will be a good stretch for Kyle to test his theory.

The goaltenders received the highest grade of a B in the report, and it wasn’t all because of junior starter Jared Coreau. As good as he has been, freshman Michael Doan has been just as solid in his relief appearances.

Kyle told me before Christmas that Doan could see a start or two in the second half and this week, Kyle reiterated that to SCSU hockey beat reporter Mick Hatten in his weekly column (see page 2).